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in that electoral vote, my boat went for obama. -- my vote went for obama. >> you have three children. what are their ages, and what do they think about their data encompass? >>-- their dad in congress? representative ashford: i think they are proud that i am in congress. i think they are proud of me, which is quite something. you would always love to have your children be proud of you. they know that we work hard. the fact that we picked up the campaign from scratch with nine months to go. people say, you had been there 16 years people wanted a change i odn'tdon't know if people think of things exactly that way. i hope that they thought we offered something. maybe we purchased more optimistic. -- we were just more optimistic. that by working together, we could get things done. i think they are proud of that. my children are proud of how i committed to the tough issues like gay rights which to me is extremely important. i grew up in the clothing business. and the gay community was to me a very important part, of certainly the women's business. i grew up seeing the description against
in that electoral vote, my boat went for obama. -- my vote went for obama. >> you have three children. what are their ages, and what do they think about their data encompass? >>-- their dad in congress? representative ashford: i think they are proud that i am in congress. i think they are proud of me, which is quite something. you would always love to have your children be proud of you. they know that we work hard. the fact that we picked up the campaign from scratch with nine...
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moredon't know who is confused, governor romney or president obama. it is a confusing time in the middle east. the fifth fleet is in bahrain. that is on the persian gulf. there are 80 million people in iran. the day after we are attacked on 9/11, two countries were on the street in celebration. one was scottsdale and the other was iran. -- one was israel and the other was a iranthe people like us? . if we are not careful with military action, we will turn the people against us as well. >> thank you. senator fisher, 30 seconds. >> i wanted to follow up on the part of your question about syria as well. we are looking at a civil war there. we are looking at a dictator, asad, who is murdering his open people. i am not advocating entering that country. we don't even know who the rebels are. we need to monitor the situation. there is some indication that it could be al qaeda. we need to be very careful. but i would suggest again showing leadership by this administration in trying to pressure russia, where syria is a client state of russia and have them are
moredon't know who is confused, governor romney or president obama. it is a confusing time in the middle east. the fifth fleet is in bahrain. that is on the persian gulf. there are 80 million people in iran. the day after we are attacked on 9/11, two countries were on the street in celebration. one was scottsdale and the other was iran. -- one was israel and the other was a iranthe people like us? . if we are not careful with military action, we will turn the people against us as well. >>...
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obama wasn't at the summit. it made no news here because frankly, you know, i -- i was thinking, well, she is a mom. her children are in the white house for crying out loud. it is pretty hard. maybe she had to do what we did for our kids in 7th or 8th grade, probably had to do the science project with them. there was normal motherly things that she had to do and that is the american way. the chinese viewed it as an insult to their very glamourous first lady. it is very, when you have such big cultural differences and if you have had experience in china you know this much better than me, you have to be completely immersed, completely engaged to eliminate the stupid things from creating problems because there is going to be big things that are going to create problems that they will disagree with our actions and we will disagree with them. and i think that ought to be the first effort is to have full comprehensive engagement. you can't ignore china as it moves, you know, as it emerges as a world power. and then th
obama wasn't at the summit. it made no news here because frankly, you know, i -- i was thinking, well, she is a mom. her children are in the white house for crying out loud. it is pretty hard. maybe she had to do what we did for our kids in 7th or 8th grade, probably had to do the science project with them. there was normal motherly things that she had to do and that is the american way. the chinese viewed it as an insult to their very glamourous first lady. it is very, when you have such big...
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-- followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama. celebrity activists talk about the causes. court justicereme and jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. at 10:00 a.m., the art of good writing. at 12:30, see the feminist side of the superhero. authors talk about their reading habits. the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president bush and bob dole with speeches from president john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on fashion choices in how they represented the styles of the time in which they lived. tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is this christmas day on the c-span networks. for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. next, a senate hearing on new air quality standards proposed last month by the e.p.a. actingncy's administrator for air and radiation is among the witnesses. this hearing runs one hour. >> good afternoon. i will call this meeting to order. my blackberry says it is 2:30. welcome to what is assuredly the last congressional hearing
-- followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama. celebrity activists talk about the causes. court justicereme and jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. at 10:00 a.m., the art of good writing. at 12:30, see the feminist side of the superhero. authors talk about their reading habits. the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president bush and bob dole with speeches from president john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion...
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the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama, his first time on the list, he was placed at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots gains33 overall with big in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and the losers in the 10 categories? you can find all of this and more on our website at www.c-span.org. >> this morning, weekly standard contributor gary schmitt talks about his recent article on presidential power. then, daryl kimball, executive director of the arms control association looks at u.s. nuclear policy in the trump administration. and later, author and political scientist lauren wright discusses the role of political spouses in her book "on behalf of the president: presidential spouses and white house communication strategy today." we will take your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. host: good morning on this president's day. donald trump returns from mar-a-lago this evening on february 20, marking one month into
the survey had good news for outgoing president barack obama, his first time on the list, he was placed at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots gains33 overall with big in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president? who are the leaders and the losers in the 10 categories? you can find all of this and more on our website at www.c-span.org. >> this morning, weekly standard contributor gary schmitt talks about his recent...
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president obama would agree. there are some people that disagree, but this is something that hopefully we can all agree on, that we should not let this focus on the long-term structural deficit kill the opportunity to generate millions more jobs that people need. we talk about the worry about our grandchildren. that is true, but people are being scarred right now that is going to leave a permanent scar our productive capacity. we are going to have poverty to% higher next year that it was before the recession. >> i want to get everybody to respond. >> i definitely agree that we all have to have economic growth now. even those who are most concerned about the deficit recognize economic growth is the way -- the cheap way to insure we are addressing the deficit over the long term. we understand that long-term deficits -- at long-term investments are a problem. we have to make tough choices over the next year or two. we have to make decisions now to ensure that we do not have to make tougher and worst decisions down t
president obama would agree. there are some people that disagree, but this is something that hopefully we can all agree on, that we should not let this focus on the long-term structural deficit kill the opportunity to generate millions more jobs that people need. we talk about the worry about our grandchildren. that is true, but people are being scarred right now that is going to leave a permanent scar our productive capacity. we are going to have poverty to% higher next year that it was before...
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in that electoral vote, my boat went for obama. -- my vote went for obama. >> you have three children. what are their ages, and what do they think about their data -- their dad in congress? representative ashford: i think they are proud that i am in congress. i think they are proud of me which is quite something. you would always love to have your children be proud of you. they know that we work hard. the fact that we picked up the campaign from scratch with nine months to go. people say, you had been there 16 years, people wanted a change, i odn'tdon't know if people think of things exactly that way. i hope that they thought we offered something. maybe we purchased more optimistic. -- we were just more optimistic. that by working together, we could get things done. i think they are proud of that. my children are proud of how i committed to the tough issues like gay rights, which to me is extremely important. i grew up in the clothing business. and the gay community was, to me, a very important part, of certainly the women's business. i grew up seeing the description against gays as a
in that electoral vote, my boat went for obama. -- my vote went for obama. >> you have three children. what are their ages, and what do they think about their data -- their dad in congress? representative ashford: i think they are proud that i am in congress. i think they are proud of me which is quite something. you would always love to have your children be proud of you. they know that we work hard. the fact that we picked up the campaign from scratch with nine months to go. people say,...
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president obama could change course. whoever is president needs to change course, because if we do not, the problems in europe could happen here. >> we will go through that period of time and talk about some of the issues of 9/11 and the wars and the tax cuts and the recession of 2008, but let me take you back to 1992 first. what caused you at the time, because it will be relevant, what caused you to leave a very comfortable life, two businesses that you had founded and had done very well and that you had passed on, or one of them that you had passed on, what caused you to jump into presidential politics then? >> every generation in history has worked and sacrificed to lead a better country to their children and grandchildren and future generations. we are spending their money. we are now even much more spending their money, and we are leaving them a mess that will be very difficult to deal with, and if we are in that week, just think of who will want to take us over, and the last thing i ever want to see is to see our c
president obama could change course. whoever is president needs to change course, because if we do not, the problems in europe could happen here. >> we will go through that period of time and talk about some of the issues of 9/11 and the wars and the tax cuts and the recession of 2008, but let me take you back to 1992 first. what caused you at the time, because it will be relevant, what caused you to leave a very comfortable life, two businesses that you had founded and had done very well...
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these are huge gains for obama last night. harrisburg hadn't voted for a democrat since 1948, swept to a muslim democrat, just a straight-ticket vote. that is not there for him this time. where are the young people? they're looking for jobs. they're back in school, having to re-register other places. the enthusiasm gap is way down, turnout models way back. and in iowa and colorado, republicans are outregistered democrats and young voters under 21. so that is out the window. they're trying to do the student loan thing and stir things these up. it's not a strategy geared towards swing voters, it's a strategy geared towards hispanics, gay voters, young people, and the like. and then finally, let's get to hispanics, which you can't lump together. puerto ricans, they don't have the same interest. they're citizens. my district was chock full of salvadorans, but there is an enthusiasm gap here. it's a tough group to get out anyway. and charlie, i think you are right. i don't think they're going to be able to replicate that. it's goin
these are huge gains for obama last night. harrisburg hadn't voted for a democrat since 1948, swept to a muslim democrat, just a straight-ticket vote. that is not there for him this time. where are the young people? they're looking for jobs. they're back in school, having to re-register other places. the enthusiasm gap is way down, turnout models way back. and in iowa and colorado, republicans are outregistered democrats and young voters under 21. so that is out the window. they're trying to do...
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we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> wednesday, president obama and mitt romney meet in their first presidential debate. the news hour's jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with crmbing span including our live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the debate at 9:00 and post-debate your reactions. follow on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> september 11, 2001, was a day that change midlife forever. it changed america's life. i'm going to go through a power point presentation which is going to outline the account of the historical account of the attack as things happened, as things transpyred that day. it gets -- transpired that day. et gets intense. i'm going to do my best not to ramble on and go too fast. i would ask you to sit back, leer your mind, put yourself in that room an you'll get a real sense of what it was like to be at the too much the food chain, the national command authority, as a nation of 300 million americans was attack by 19 al qaeda terrorists. >> more from retired lieutenant colonel robert darli
we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> wednesday, president obama and mitt romney meet in their first presidential debate. the news hour's jim lehrer moderates from the university of denver. watch and engage with crmbing span including our live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the debate at 9:00 and post-debate your reactions. follow on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> september 11, 2001, was a day that change midlife forever. it changed...
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, not obama, president barack obama -- i don't understand. these republican candidates, mitt romney, he said around -- sits around talking about obama care. there is no suspect. -- is no such thing as obama care. it is the affordable act health care. we have been looking for health care for 70 years and why is it such a nasty were all the -- nasty word all the sudden the same model that he has, the president almost endorsed his. how could you get rid of something that you said was good for your steak but is not good -- your state, but it is not good enough for the whole country? if it is good enough for one state, we are all in the same union. host: to the call and that is -- thank you for the call. that is what rick santorum has been talking about with red mitt romney and it was in -- and it is an issue that will come up in -- in the general election. guest: rick santorum says the precursor of obama care was romney care. i do not think romney like that term either. host: republic in line, welcome -- the republican line. welcome to the progra
, not obama, president barack obama -- i don't understand. these republican candidates, mitt romney, he said around -- sits around talking about obama care. there is no suspect. -- is no such thing as obama care. it is the affordable act health care. we have been looking for health care for 70 years and why is it such a nasty were all the -- nasty word all the sudden the same model that he has, the president almost endorsed his. how could you get rid of something that you said was good for your...
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"new york times," obama fills in blanks. obama's plan and g.o.p. sees false hood. michael cooper writes -- host: this is from "the washington post," game over. libyan authorities sent rebels fighting bashar al-assad's government text messages reading game over. host: ryan in ports mouth, virginia. democrat, ryan, good morning to you whoosm do you think about media coverage so far? caller: it's good, but they got my name wrong. it's bryant. host: thanks, bryant. got to turn down the volume, bryant. just talk on the phone. there you go. caller: there you go. host: go ahead, brian. caller: i'm listening to c-span and everything, but i have to say that being a navy veteran and in the active reserves, i can tell you that mitt romney -- as a republican or a democrat, you want the truth. a millionaire, billionaire, whatever his money he made in the past, his fathers are blaming that he quotes a lot about coming from a poor nation , just doesn't buy it. the 47%, talking about it in meetings, billionaire friends, that's find to understand it. if you want to hold on, but wha
"new york times," obama fills in blanks. obama's plan and g.o.p. sees false hood. michael cooper writes -- host: this is from "the washington post," game over. libyan authorities sent rebels fighting bashar al-assad's government text messages reading game over. host: ryan in ports mouth, virginia. democrat, ryan, good morning to you whoosm do you think about media coverage so far? caller: it's good, but they got my name wrong. it's bryant. host: thanks, bryant. got to turn...
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-- with the budget, and obama refused it, and it talked .bout obama's arrogance i wonder if you can expand on that, and also cb hato a re--- cbo had a report about the actual cost of obama-care. that is not getting no press -- press on c-span. guest: kai reed was different than yours. -- by reed was different than yours. the piece ran sunday. there were moments where it looked like there was going to be a big deal on a strategy to reduce the deficit over time. from my read of the article and my colleagues reporting, it is a little more complicated than the caller describes. it definitely was the case that obama had cold feet about the deal on the table, and it is also pretty clear that john boehner and eric cantor were not sure they could pass the plan that included tax increases in the house of representatives. anytime negotiation breaks down, the two sides have different views of whose fault it was, and what went wrong i did not think you can put it on one side. at the end of the day, it was john boehner who walked away. i do not cover the legislative side of things, but that is m
-- with the budget, and obama refused it, and it talked .bout obama's arrogance i wonder if you can expand on that, and also cb hato a re--- cbo had a report about the actual cost of obama-care. that is not getting no press -- press on c-span. guest: kai reed was different than yours. -- by reed was different than yours. the piece ran sunday. there were moments where it looked like there was going to be a big deal on a strategy to reduce the deficit over time. from my read of the article and my...
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obama wellw mrs. left and say if she is -- she was surprisingly kind of reserved and quiet and tumble. ito laura bush a good deal better. the which travel to the middle east -- we traveled to the middle east. at laura bush is exactly what you think she is. she is lightly guarded but she has a sense of humor. i am not sure that that is something that people know. humor is very tricky because it is found in a reverence and as a first lady, you have to watch yourself carefully. but she is very funny and i will tell you a quick anecdote. we were looking at family pictures, and there are almost no indicators that a former president of the united states lived in this house. it is not like here is president bush in his flight suit. there is one picture, the what of all the president's in the office. i said to her, and you miss the white house? gigots -- she goes -- are you kidding me? >> for me, having not just about first ladies, but they all have potential first ladies. the stories that always tend to stic
obama wellw mrs. left and say if she is -- she was surprisingly kind of reserved and quiet and tumble. ito laura bush a good deal better. the which travel to the middle east -- we traveled to the middle east. at laura bush is exactly what you think she is. she is lightly guarded but she has a sense of humor. i am not sure that that is something that people know. humor is very tricky because it is found in a reverence and as a first lady, you have to watch yourself carefully. but she is very...
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president obama put forward a jobs bill. the first jobs bill would have supported 22,000 jobs here in the commonwealth. senator brown voted in lockstep with every other republican, no. and we did not get the jobs bill. a few weeks later, there was a jobs bill to prevent the layoffs of teachers and firefighters of police officers all across this commonwealth and this country. senator brown voted in lockstep with the republicans and voted no. we did not fit that bill through. >> if i could respond. >> third, there was a third jobs bill. would have supported 11,000 jobs, mostly in construction to repair transportation that we needed it and as senator brown voted in lockstep with all the other republicans and it just to put icing on the cake, he voted against unemployment insurance extension 16 times for people who were out of work. senator brown has made clear where he stands. [applause] >> thank you. first of all, she is obviously misstating the facts. these are rejections by both democrats and republicans. [applause] if you'r
president obama put forward a jobs bill. the first jobs bill would have supported 22,000 jobs here in the commonwealth. senator brown voted in lockstep with every other republican, no. and we did not get the jobs bill. a few weeks later, there was a jobs bill to prevent the layoffs of teachers and firefighters of police officers all across this commonwealth and this country. senator brown voted in lockstep with the republicans and voted no. we did not fit that bill through. >> if i could...
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let obama in there. i feel like even in four years we might not be able to turn that economy around. host: diana, thanks for calling from tampa there. let's hear from our guest. guest: i hear people talk about compromise and i go back to the old phrase, how do you compromise tyranny? when you have this big a divide between what the democratic party in iowa or across the country today wants and what the republicans want. and conservatives versus liberals. i simply look at that and say i'm not going to compromise my core principles just so the media is nice to me or they want to get along. at the end of the day we know it works. -- what works, less government, smaller government, local government works much better than large, national, dictatorial governments. so at the end of the day i'm always going to lean to the right myself and go with what we know works. as i said, you know, ronald reagan was able to turn this economy around back in 1980 his election. as i've heard speaker gingrich say several times
let obama in there. i feel like even in four years we might not be able to turn that economy around. host: diana, thanks for calling from tampa there. let's hear from our guest. guest: i hear people talk about compromise and i go back to the old phrase, how do you compromise tyranny? when you have this big a divide between what the democratic party in iowa or across the country today wants and what the republicans want. and conservatives versus liberals. i simply look at that and say i'm not...
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we can't afford four more years of barack obama. >> president obama and governor romney meet in their first-ever presidential debate. watch and engage including the live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern with the debate at 9:00 had posted the day. -- and post-debate. >> i was always shot as anybody that spent a lot of time around campaigns, most people could not explain to me why they did anything they were doing. at some point, they did it because they have always done it that way or there was some sort of role that wasn't really based in any research. i went around the campaigns with skepticism about some of the practices that were taking place. as i learned about people that were doing these field experiments and randomized controlled trials, learning more about the information and targeting based on revolutionizing campaigns in the past decade, this was a major generational shift. in addition to all of these campaigns changing the way they operated, there is cultural tension between the old practices and the new empirical. >> saturday night at 10:00 eastern. he dodged congress m
we can't afford four more years of barack obama. >> president obama and governor romney meet in their first-ever presidential debate. watch and engage including the live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern with the debate at 9:00 had posted the day. -- and post-debate. >> i was always shot as anybody that spent a lot of time around campaigns, most people could not explain to me why they did anything they were doing. at some point, they did it because they have always done it that...
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obama smile. it's the best picture they can find. then right below it, there will be a picture of romney sneering, angry, like he is yelling at the crown. in fact, there are thousands of pictures available of romney available with a beautiful smile on his face and looking positive and have me. they refuse to print those pictures. it is for people who do not read and just look at the pictures. that is one thing that the media will do in newspapers. they do it all the time. they will find every glowing picture possible of hillary clinton that they can find. host: kevin, we will leave it there. beverly in missouri, on the democratic line. caller: good morning, peter. host: how are you? caller: i'm fine. you remind me of richard gere. [laughter] host: used to say i look like lance armstrong. i will take that one, too. caller: i mean in the way you dress. host: that was a little before my time. caller: you should watch it. beverly, what the think about media coverage of the campaign? caller: i think th
obama smile. it's the best picture they can find. then right below it, there will be a picture of romney sneering, angry, like he is yelling at the crown. in fact, there are thousands of pictures available of romney available with a beautiful smile on his face and looking positive and have me. they refuse to print those pictures. it is for people who do not read and just look at the pictures. that is one thing that the media will do in newspapers. they do it all the time. they will find every...
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president obama would agree. there are some people that disagree, but this is something that hopefully we can all agree on, that we should not let this focus on the long-term structural deficit kill the opportunity to generate millions more jobs that people need. we talk about the worry about our grandchildren. that is true, but people are being scarred right now that is going to leave a permanent scar our productive capacity. we are going to have poverty to% higher next year that it was before the recession. >> i want to get everybody to respond. >> i definitely agree that we all have to have economic growth now. even those who are most concerned about the deficit recognize economic growth is the way -- the cheap way to insure we are addressing the deficit over the long term. we understand that long-term deficits -- at long-term investments are a problem. we have to make tough choices over the next year or two. we have to make decisions now to ensure that we do not have to make tougher and worst decisions down t
president obama would agree. there are some people that disagree, but this is something that hopefully we can all agree on, that we should not let this focus on the long-term structural deficit kill the opportunity to generate millions more jobs that people need. we talk about the worry about our grandchildren. that is true, but people are being scarred right now that is going to leave a permanent scar our productive capacity. we are going to have poverty to% higher next year that it was before...